Interferon sensitivity of JUNV in different cell lines.

<p>(A) mouse embryonic fibroblast cells (MEF), (B) Vero cells (ATCC) and (C) human lung carcinoma epithelial A549 cells (ATCC) were treated with IFNs at the indicated concentrations for 16 h. Vero cells and A549 cells were treated with human IFN-α2b (Schering), IFN-β (PBL) or IFN-γ (Sigma), while MEF cells were treated with mouse IFN-β (PBL), respectively. Cells were then infected with VSV, Candid#1 JUNV or Romero JUNV at an MOI of 0.1 PFU/cell. IFNs were supplemented after virus infection. During Romero and Candid#1 JUNV infection, supernatants were collected at 3 days p.i. and assayed for virus production by plaque assay. During VSV infection, supernatants were collected at 16 h.p.i.. Dotted lines indicate the limitation of plaque assay. Data represent the mean of three experiments ±SEM.